From: Fred Smith 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: IR recalulations.
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:26:11 +0000

rob wrote:
> I have received a strange letter from the area director of my current tax
> office.
> 
> Strange in form because it has obviously been "written" by creating a list
> of standard phrases. The result is the sort of letter that looks like it was
> written by a 6 year old.  I blame this on the IT dept.

I think you are wrong to blame the IT department.

> According to the letter I have 30 days from the week before they sent the
> letter to correct this in writing.  I am just wondering if it is worth
> waiting for the separate letter of explanation before sending my letter to
> them.  How soon can I expect to get this?  Will it be within the 30 days?

Difficult to answer here - call them to discuss - their staff are 
usually very helpful.